The Books

Making downtown Tampa to be safer for pedestrians and bicyclists is top of mind for urban planner Jeff Speck as he advises investor Jeff Vinik on how to design his 40-acre project surrounding Water Street.

WATSONVILLE >> In his book “For the Love of Cities,” author Peter Kageyama cites a 2009 Gallup study that states only 24 percent of people are emotionally engaged with their community.According to Kageyama, the study also fo